"track ""Free Willis (Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob's Machine Shop)"". In early 2009, he appeared in an advertising campaign to publicize the insurance company Norwich Union's change of name to Aviva. Willis starred with Tracy Morgan in the comedy ""Cop Out"", directed by Kevin Smith and about two police detectives investigating the theft of a baseball card. The film was released in February 2010. Willis appeared in the music video for the song ""Stylo"" by Gorillaz. Also in 2010, he appeared in a cameo with former Planet Hollywood co-owners and '80s action stars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the"
"Chez Bruce Chez Bruce is a restaurant located at 2 Bellevue Road in Wandsworth, London, England. The restaurant was opened in February, 1995 by Bruce Poole and his business partner Nigel Platts-Martin. Platts-Martin is proprietor of several other London restaurants including: La Trompette in Chiswick, The Glasshouse in Kew, The Ledbury in Notting Hill and The Square in Mayfair. Chez Bruce occupies the site of former Marco Pierre White restaurant, Harveys. As a young chef, Gordon Ramsay worked under White at Harveys but left to pursue an independent career. In 2006, Chez Bruce was first named as '""Londoners' Favourite Restaurant"""""
"Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, also known as Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, is a three Michelin star restaurant owned and operated by Gordon Ramsay, located at Royal Hospital Road, London. It opened in 1998 and was Ramsay's first solo restaurant. In 2001, it made Gordon Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have won three Michelin stars. It has been both praised and criticised, with particular criticism coming from the ""Harden's"" restaurant guide. In March 2013, the restaurant reopened following an art deco redesign. Gordon Ramsay opened Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in 1998, as his first solo restaurant. The"
"in a survey conducted for ""Harden's London Restaurants"", a title which The Ivy had held for the past nine years. . Chez Bruce has since been top of the list as London's favorite restaurant for four consecutive years. Chez Bruce Chez Bruce is a restaurant located at 2 Bellevue Road in Wandsworth, London, England. The restaurant was opened in February, 1995 by Bruce Poole and his business partner Nigel Platts-Martin. Platts-Martin is proprietor of several other London restaurants including: La Trompette in Chiswick, The Glasshouse in Kew, The Ledbury in Notting Hill and The Square in Mayfair. Chez Bruce occupies"
"a 1960s photograph of Andy Warhol and Serendipity 3 co-founder Stephen Bruce. There is also a Serendipity 3 in Harajuku, in Tokyo, Japan. Serendipity 3 has appeared prominently in at least two major movies. The movie most associated with the restaurant is its namesake ""Serendipity"". Released in 2001, it centers on a couple that meet by chance while shopping at Bloomingdale's, and share dessert at the restaurant later that same night. ""One Fine Day"", released in 1996, also has a scene in the restaurant, featuring the Frrrozen Hot Chocolate. ""Trust the Man"", released in 2006, includes a scene of David"
"Serendipity 3 Serendipity 3, often written Serendipity III, is a restaurant located at 225 East 60th Street, between Second and Third avenues in New York City, founded by Stephen Bruce in 1954. The restaurant has been the scene of several films, including the 2001 romantic comedy ""Serendipity"". Serendipity was named after the three legendary princes of the island once known as Serendip (now Sri Lanka), from which the 18th century writer Sir Horace Walpole coined ""serendipity"". Serendipity has been popular since the beginning. Marilyn Monroe frequently patronized the restaurant, Andy Warhol was a regular before he was well-known, and First"
"Aubergine (London restaurant) Aubergine was a restaurant in Chelsea, London. Owned by A-Z Restaurants, it was opened under chef Gordon Ramsay in 1993. Aubergine was awarded two Michelin stars in 1997, which it held until Ramsay left the restaurant in July 1998 following the sacking of Marcus Wareing from sister restaurant L'Oranger. It subsequently reopened and held a single Michelin star under William Drabble until he left the restaurant in 2009. Aubergine closed in 2010, pending a relaunch as an informal Italian restaurant. The restaurant was opened by A-Z restaurants in 1993. The company was owned by Claudio Pulze, Franco"
"had twelve restaurants open, and the first franchise opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2003, a scene from the movie ""Johnny English"" takes place in a restaurant of YO! Sushi. Johnny English gets his tie stuck in the conveyor belt. Two new franchises opened in 2007, one in Dublin, the other in Moscow. In April 2010, they opened their fiftieth company owned restaurant in Market Place, London. In 2008, they became the first catering group to adopt the Food Standards Agency's traffic light colour coding system, which allows customers to see nutritional information about the food they are eating."
"be the ""kind of place where I can bring my family and friends to eat"". The restaurant opened on April 28, 1993, in the former location of Burhop's Seafood on LaSalle Street in Chicago. Guests at the grand opening included Illinois governor Jim Edgar, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, actor Mickey Rooney, and comedian Jackie Mason. During the first few months of operation, the restaurant received up to 1,500 visitors and 7,000 telephone calls each day. Many waited several hours to get a table, since the restaurant did not take dinner reservations. Michael Jordan's remained a popular tourist attraction throughout"
"Maze Grill Royal Hospital Road Maze Grill Royal Hospital Road (stylised as maze Grill Royal Hospital Road and formerly Foxtrot Oscar) is a restaurant in Chelsea, London, England owned by celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay. Foxtrot Oscar was founded in 1980 by Michael Proudlock. After running into financial difficulties, he sold the business to Gordon Ramsay but subsequently reacquired it in 2007. After refurbishment, the restaurant was reopened on 21 January 2008 by Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH). In May 2015, Foxtrot Oscar became Ramsay's third Maze Grill outlet, and was renamed as Maze Grill Royal Hospital Road. Melanie Kruger,"
"decision of my life"". In 1998, Ramsay opened his own restaurant in Chelsea, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, with the help of his father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson, and his former colleagues at Aubergine. The restaurant gained its third Michelin star in 2001, making Ramsay the first Scot to achieve that feat. After establishing his first restaurant, Ramsay's empire expanded rapidly. He next opened Petrus, then Amaryllis in Glasgow (which he was later forced to close), and later Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's. He hired his friend and maître d'hôtel Jean-Philippe Susilovic, who works at Petrus and also appears on Ramsay's US TV show ""Hell's"
"Criterion Restaurant The Criterion Restaurant is an opulent restaurant complex facing Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London. It was built by architect Thomas Verity in ""Neo-Byzantine"" style for the partnership Spiers and Pond, which opened it in 1873. Apart from fine dining facilities it has a bar. It is a Grade II* listed building and is in the Top 10 most historic and oldest restaurants in the world. In the first Sherlock Holmes story, ""A Study in Scarlet"", Dr. Watson is told of his prospective roommate after he meets a friend at the Criterion. In 1870 the building agreement"
"an old family recipe. It was also one of the first Chinese restaurants in London to introduce Clay Pot Rice (). In 1976, Bill and Cecilia Poon opened the iconic Poon's of Covent Garden at 41 King Street. In 1980, Poon's of Covent Garden was awarded a Michelin Star. Amongst its customers were Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, Frank Sinatra, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Jane Seymour and Barbara Streisand. In 1985 Bill and Cecilia opened Poon's of Geneva and Poon's in The City followed in 1990. Bill's sister took over the Lisle Street business and Bill's brother was responsible for Poon's"
"Records declared the world's most expensive dessert. In May 2012, Serendipity 3 was recognized as the Guinness World Record holder for serving the world’s most expensive hamburger, the $295 Le Burger Extravagant. Serendipity 3 Serendipity 3, often written Serendipity III, is a restaurant located at 225 East 60th Street, between Second and Third avenues in New York City, founded by Stephen Bruce in 1954. The restaurant has been the scene of several films, including the 2001 romantic comedy ""Serendipity"". Serendipity was named after the three legendary princes of the island once known as Serendip (now Sri Lanka), from which the"
"the restaurant (there was no dress code for diners). Richard Shepherd, the former head chef at the Michelin starred Capital Hotel in London, joined the Caine and Langan partnership in 1977 and introduced a menu that has changed little since. By the mid-1980s Langan's had become London's most fashionable haunt for stars as diverse as Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Mick Jagger, Francis Bacon, Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicholson, and David Hockney. The restaurateur Chris Corbin was an early manager of the Brasserie. A notorious alcoholic, Peter Langan died at the age of 47 on 7 December 1988, several weeks after a"
"service on Wednesdays. Jekyll & Hyde Club The Jekyll & Hyde Club is a theme restaurant owned by Eerie World Entertainment in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. The name and theme derive from Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 Victorian gothic novel ""Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"". The Jekyll & Hyde restaurants' theme is spooky horror with an emphasis on English Gothic themes, with detailed decorations, set pieces, and actors who roam the restaurant and entertain patrons. Characters include Mr. Aloysius Goole, the wacky chief mortician, Jervis, the hyperactive and high-pitched French butler,"
"Stuart Gillies Stuart Gillies is an English chef and CEO of the Gordon Ramsay Group, appointed in 2016 after working as managing director for the group from 2011. After training in the UK, Gillies spent a year in Rome at the Lord Byron Hotel, and three years in Stockholm, Sweden. He then moved to Daniel's in New York City, working under the direction of Daniel Boulud. On returning to the UK, he worked at Le Caprice in London. He joined Angela Hartnett as head chef at The Connaught, before opening the Gordon Ramsay-owned Boxwood Café in May 2003. He was"
"Jekyll & Hyde Club The Jekyll & Hyde Club is a theme restaurant owned by Eerie World Entertainment in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. The name and theme derive from Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 Victorian gothic novel ""Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"". The Jekyll & Hyde restaurants' theme is spooky horror with an emphasis on English Gothic themes, with detailed decorations, set pieces, and actors who roam the restaurant and entertain patrons. Characters include Mr. Aloysius Goole, the wacky chief mortician, Jervis, the hyperactive and high-pitched French butler, and the charmingly"
"Burger Kitchen reported a £47m loss amid tough trading conditions. Later that month, Gourmet Burger Kitchen announced plans to close 17 restaurants. <br> Gourmet Burger Kitchen Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) is a restaurant chain in the United Kingdom specialising in gourmet burgers. The company was started in London by New Zealanders Adam Wills, Greg Driscoll and Brandon Allen, in 2001. Chef Peter Gordon, a New Zealand-born, London-based chef, oversaw the menu development and the first restaurant opened in 2001, bringing the concept of 'gourmet burgers' to London. GBK is known for its ""large"" burgers, fresh produce and casual service style."
"restaurants (four at locations across London, including Cale Street in Chelsea round the corner from his original restaurant, one in Birmingham and one in Istanbul) and three top class restaurants worldwide. Tom Aikens (restaurant) Tom Aikens had a restaurant at 43 Elystan Street in Chelsea, London, England. It was opened in 2003 by Tom Aikens and his then-wife, Laura Vanninen. The style of the food was contemporary French. The restaurant won a Michelin star in January 2004 and three stars in the revived Egon Ronay Guide for 2005. In 2005, it was named in Restaurant's Top 50. The business was"
"Quaglino's Quaglino's is a restaurant at 16 Bury Street, St James's, London, founded by Giovanni Quaglino in 1929. The restaurant achieved huge popularity with the British establishment in the 1930s through to the 1950s after which it entered a period of relative decline, being purchased by the Conran Group in 1993 and relaunched by D&D London in the 2010s. Giovanni ""John"" Quaglino was a waiter who was ""maître d'hôtel"" at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes and who subsequently worked at The Savoy in London with Giovanni (John) Sovrani. Sovrani left The Savoy to start Sovrani's Restaurant in Jermyn Street in"
"at Quaglino's as a sous chef. Quaglino's Quaglino's is a restaurant at 16 Bury Street, St James's, London, founded by Giovanni Quaglino in 1929. The restaurant achieved huge popularity with the British establishment in the 1930s through to the 1950s after which it entered a period of relative decline, being purchased by the Conran Group in 1993 and relaunched by D&D London in the 2010s. Giovanni ""John"" Quaglino was a waiter who was ""maître d'hôtel"" at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes and who subsequently worked at The Savoy in London with Giovanni (John) Sovrani. Sovrani left The Savoy to start"
"Wharf. Kissin and Conran first created Le Pont de la Tour at Butler's Wharf comprising a restaurant, bar & grill, food shop, wine merchant, oil and spice shop and bakery. Kissin and Conran then purchased the Quaglino's site and, with Conran, also opened Le Pont de la Tour (which in 1997 hosted a dinner for the Blairs and the Clintons) and Cantina del Ponte next door, before Quaglino's opened on Valentine's Day 1993. The restaurant ""broke the mould"" in that it was the largest restaurant London had ever known. It seated 350 people, was fully booked months before opening and"
"Quo Vadis (restaurant) Quo Vadis is a restaurant and private club in Soho, London. It primarily serves modern British food. It was founded in 1926 by an Italian named Pepino Leoni and has passed through numerous owners since then, including celebrity chef Marco Pierre White, and is currently owned by Sam and Eddie Hart, also the owners of Barrafina. The restaurant is named after the Latin phrase ""Quo vadis?"", meaning ""Where are you going?"" The restaurant occupies numbers 26–29 Dean Street. Nos. 26–8 form a uniform group built in by the carpenter John Nolloth, of St James's, and No. 29"
"Closing the Ring, a film directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer and Neve Campbell was shot in Dundas and at the DeLuxe Restaurant. Also in 2007, CIBC Bank used the restaurant for a TV commercial shoot. After years of sitting closed and serving the film industry on occasion, the DeLuxe Restaurant underwent extensive renovations and opened as Thai restaurant Bangkok Spoon in 2009. All of the ""Good Witch"" films were filmed in and around Dundas. January 2014 saw the official opening of a new 4000 sq ft film, TV and web series production studio delivering a"
"mad for travelling there in view of the fact that he considered the state of English cooking at the time to be horrific. In 1967 the brothers opened their first restaurant, Le Gavroche at Lower Sloane Street in London. The opening party was attended by celebrities such as Charlie Chaplin and Ava Gardner. For the following week, Chaplin was reportedly shuttled across London so he could eat there. In 1972 the brothers opened a second restaurant, the Waterside Inn, in Bray, Berkshire, and launched a catering business. In 1974, when Michelin stars were first awarded in the UK, Le Gavroche"
"1994. The famous Bellair Café in Yorkville at 100 Cumberland St. had been closed for four years when Khabouth decided to revive it in 1995. It first opened in 1981 under the ownership of famous Toronto restaurateur and nightclub owner Tom Kristenbrun who had by this time already been involved with the El Mocambo live music venue and the upscale Bemelmans restaurant. Like Bemelmans, Kristenbrun's other fine dining Yorkville menu, nearby Bellair Café also became a place to see and be seen, attracting local stars like Bryan Adams as well as visiting celebrities such as Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and"
"Fatty Arbuckle's Fatty Arbuckle's American Diners was an American-themed restaurant chain in the UK. The Manchester-based business was founded by Pete Shotton – an associate of The Beatles – in 1983. It focused on large portions at cheap prices. The name refers to Hollywood director and silent movie star Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle. The chain, which saw two-thirds of all restaurants operated by franchisees, had grown to more than 30 outlets since its first franchise opened in 1991. Its flagship diner was in London's West End, with other outlets at Tottenham, Harrow and Islington in north London, Feltham in West London,"
"and Mexican music plays throughout the restaurant. Nick Frost, actor and writer, worked at the Staples Corner (London) branch where he first met Simon Pegg. In November 2015, the chain was one of seven restaurants surveyed that failed to meet a basic level of sustainability in its seafood. Chiquito (restaurant) Chiquito is a restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom specialising in Tex-Mex foods. The company was established in 1989, and has 68 restaurants across the country. It dubs itself as 'The Original Mexican Grill & Bar', and has been described as the United Kingdom's best known Mexican chain. Chiquito"
"1987 Euro version of ""Finders Keepers"" and was featured in the 1985 film ""The Goonies"". A Swensen's store can be glimpsed in the mall sequence in the 1985 film ""Commando"" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. ""Seinfeld""s ""George Costanza"" eats Swensen's ice cream after his tonsils are fully removed in the episode, ""The Heart Attack."" Swensen's Swensen's Inc. is a Canadian-owned global chain of ice cream restaurants that started in San Francisco, California. The company started of in 1948 by Earle Swensen, who learned to make ice cream while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Swensen opened his first shop"
"Gourmet Burger Kitchen Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) is a restaurant chain in the United Kingdom specialising in gourmet burgers. The company was started in London by New Zealanders Adam Wills, Greg Driscoll and Brandon Allen, in 2001. Chef Peter Gordon, a New Zealand-born, London-based chef, oversaw the menu development and the first restaurant opened in 2001, bringing the concept of 'gourmet burgers' to London. GBK is known for its ""large"" burgers, fresh produce and casual service style. The initial success of the Battersea restaurant led to further openings across London. In 2005, the owners sold the business to Clapham House"
"opened Restaurant Gordon Ramsay on the former site of La Tante Claire. Ramsay was succeeded at Aubergine by executive chef William Drabble, who had previously worked at the Michelin-starred Nook. Following Ramsay's departure, the restaurant reopened on 11 September 1998. The restaurant was expanded to a sister site in 2009 at the Compleat Angler Hotel, Marlow. Miles Nixon, who was previously a sous chef under Drabble at the main restaurant, headed up the kitchen. It served the same dishes as the Chelsea restaurant but was able to charge less due to lower overheads. From agreeing to the lease at the"
"club in the late evenings. White described it as ""Mirabelle's funky big sister"". The restaurant held a Christmas party for the magazine ""Tatler"" on 1 December 1998, during the week prior to the official launch which took place on 6 December. The opening party was attended by a number of celebrities, including Billy Zane who had recently appeared in the film ""Titanic"" (1997), as well as the Spice Girls, All Saints, Goldie, Lenny Kravitz and models Sophie Dahl and Mandy Smith. The restaurant went on to become a celebrity hangout, with David and Victoria Beckham dining there with Ryan Giggs"